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Date:      Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:51:12 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        led <led@unter.encoding.com>
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Compaq Servers and FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <19990212115112.P71962@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990212113728.N71962@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 11:37:28AM %2B1030
References:  <199902120000.AAA24356@unter.encoding.com> <36C305EE.1DE98C12@sportingnews.com> <19990212113728.N71962@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Friday, 12 February 1999 at  0:00:11 +0000, led wrote:
>
> My vendor can't tell me what chipset compaq's SCSI adapters use
> and they are not mentioned in the FreeBSD doc I have;  Are they supported?

You're the second person to ask this question today.  Here's what I
answered to the last one:

On Friday, 12 February 1999 at 11:37:28 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Thursday, 11 February 1999 at 11:31:42 -0500, Keith Camden wrote:
>> We're thinking about upgrading a FreeBSD box that we have to a new
>> computer. We have standardized on Compaq servers for our file servers in
>> our organization, and I'm wondering if FreeBSD will support the built-in
>> SCSI and Ethernet on the Compaq server.
>>
>> The server that we are looking at is a rack mount Compaq 1850R with a
>> Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX embedded UTP Controller with full duplex
>> Ethernet support and a Compaq Integrated Dual Channel Wide-Ultra SCSI-3
>> Controller.
>>
>> Will FreeBSD support the Compaq Ethernet card and SCSI controller?
>>
>> I've checked the FreeBSD support documentation on Ethernet Cards and
>> Disk Controllers, and these cards do not appear.
>
>> From the 3.0 release information:
>
> (Ethernet boards)
>
> Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following:
>   Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port
>   Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP
>   Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC
>
> There's no mention of Compaq SCSI host adaptors there.  Looking at my
> saved messages, I find:
>
>> I believe all of the Compaq SCSI adaptors (except possible the RAID
>> ones) are Symbios/NCR chipsets.  At least out Proliant 2500 is, and
>> there is just one Compaq SCSI HAM driver for Netware, so it must cover
>> all the Compaq cards.
>>
>>	-Dan Nelson
>>	dnelson@emsphone.com
>
>> The disk controller is a Symbios 53c876
>> (checked by looking at the actual chip), which appears as two 53c875's.
>> Below is the boot -v output from 2.2.7.
>>
>> Anybody have an idea of why PCI probing fails in 3.0-19981006-BETA on this
>> Compaq system? Anything more I can do to debug it? (Might try to install
>> 3.0 "by hand" tomorrow - this is feasible since I have a running 2.2.7
>> system now, and plenty of disk space).
>>
>> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Calibrating clock(s) ... i586 clock: 332826782 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193275 Hz
>> CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency
>> CLK_USE_I586_CALIBRATION not specified - using old calibration method
>> CPU: Pentium II (quarter-micron) (332.80-MHz 686-class CPU)
>>  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x651  Stepping=1
>>  Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,<b16>,<b17>,MMX,<b24>>
>> real memory  = 603979776 (589824K bytes)
>> Physical memory chunk(s):
>> 0x00001000 - 0x0009efff, 647168 bytes (158 pages)
>> 0x00221000 - 0x23ffdfff, 601739264 bytes (146909 pages)
>> avail memory = 589602816 (575784K bytes)
>> eisa0: <CPQ561 (System Board)>
>> Probing for devices on the EISA bus
>> pcibus_setup(1):	mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x00000000
>> pcibus_setup(1a):	mode1res=0x80000000 (0x80000000)
>> pcibus_check:	device 0 is there (id=00051166)
>> Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
>>	configuration mode 1 allows 32 devices.
>> chip0 <Ross (?) host to PCI bridge> rev 3 on pci0:0:0
>> vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 34 int a irq ?? on pci0:6:0
>>	mapreg[10] type=0 addr=c5000000 size=1000000.
>> chip1 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=0e11 device=0001 subclass=2)> rev 7 on pci0:15:0
>> chip2 <Ross (?) host to PCI bridge> rev 3 on pci0:17:0
>> pci0: uses 16777216 bytes of memory from c5000000 upto c5ffffff.
>> Probing for devices on PCI bus 1:
>> ncr0 <ncr 53c875 fast20 wide scsi> rev 20 int a irq 9 on pci1:4:0
>>	mapreg[10] type=1 addr=00005000 size=0100.
>>	mapreg[14] type=0 addr=c6ffdf00 size=0100.
>>	mapreg[18] type=0 addr=c6fff000 size=1000.
>>	reg20: virtual=0xf616ef00 physical=0xc6ffdf00 size=0x100
>>	reg24: virtual=0xf616f000 physical=0xc6fff000 size=0x1000
>> ncr0: minsync=12, maxsync=137, maxoffs=16, 128 dwords burst, large dma fifo
>> ncr0: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver, using on-chip SRAM
>> ncr0: restart (scsi reset).
>> ncr0 scanning for targets 0..6 and 8..15 (V2 pl24 96/12/14)
>> ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
>> (ncr0:0:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:0:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15)
>> (ncr0:0:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
>> sd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct-Access
>> sd0(ncr0:0:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled
>> sd0(ncr0:0:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15)
>> 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors)
>> sd0(ncr0:0:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track
>> (ncr0:1:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:1:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15)
>> (ncr0:1:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
>> sd1(ncr0:1:0): Direct-Access
>> sd1(ncr0:1:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled
>> sd1(ncr0:1:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15)
>> 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors)
>> sd1(ncr0:1:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track
>> (ncr0:4:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:4:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15)
>> (ncr0:4:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
>> sd2(ncr0:4:0): Direct-Access
>> sd2(ncr0:4:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled
>> sd2(ncr0:4:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15)
>> 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors)
>> sd2(ncr0:4:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track
>> (ncr0:5:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:5:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15)
>> (ncr0:5:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
>> sd3(ncr0:5:0): Direct-Access
>> sd3(ncr0:5:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled
>> sd3(ncr0:5:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15)
>> 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors)
>> sd3(ncr0:5:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track
>> ncr1 <ncr 53c875 fast20 wide scsi> rev 20 int b irq 10 on pci1:4:1
>>	mapreg[10] type=1 addr=00005400 size=0100.
>>	mapreg[14] type=0 addr=c6ffde00 size=0100.
>>	mapreg[18] type=0 addr=c6ffe000 size=1000.
>>	reg20: virtual=0xf6170e00 physical=0xc6ffde00 size=0x100
>>	reg24: virtual=0xf6171000 physical=0xc6ffe000 size=0x1000
>> ncr1: minsync=12, maxsync=137, maxoffs=16, 128 dwords burst, large dma fifo
>> ncr1: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver, using on-chip SRAM
>> ncr1: restart (scsi reset).
>> ncr1 scanning for targets 0..6 and 8..15 (V2 pl24 96/12/14)
>> ncr1 waiting for scsi devices to settle
>
> In general, Compaq systems seem to cause problems.  They're often not
> quite compatible, and we hear of an above-average number of problems
> with them.  It would be a good idea to try booting a boot floppy and
> seeing what it finds.
>
> Greg
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